Activist and fierce critic, Tony Uranta has died after long battle with ill-health. He died at the age of 57 on Wednesday. Sources closed to the deceased said Uranta died after serious battle with undisclosed ailment. On-Air Personality Jimi Disu confirmed the death of Uranta on his Facebook page on Wednesday. Also, activist Wale […]
A governorship aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 guber election in Delta State, Olorogun Kenneth Okpara is dead. Olorogun Okpara, who was a former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in Delta, was confirmed dead in the early hours of Friday. Okpara died at Capital Hill Hospital, […]
Veteran journalist and Eesa of Omu-Aran in Kwara State, Chief Jide Adebayo, is dead. The President of the Omu-Aran Development Association, Major General Olayemi Lasisi Abidoye (rtd), announced the development. In statement on Friday by the Spokesman of the association, Olayinka Owolewa, Abidoye said Chief Adebayo died at a Lagos hospital on Thursday at […]
Femi Osibona, the owner of the collapsed 21-storey building is dead. Popular journalist, Dele Momodu, confirmed Osibona’s death via his Instagram page on Thursday evening. Osibona’s body was discovered among others during the rescue process at the site of the building on Thursday. An official of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), also confirmed […]
A pall of darkness has again enveloped the Nigerian football space. Following the earlier deaths of former Nigerian football chieftain, Brig. Gen. Dominic Oneya and international footballers, Thompson Usiyan and Sunday Oyarekhua, the death of a former media officer, Ben Alaiya has also occurred. The string of tragedies has consequently thrown the Nigeria Football […]
Son of Chief Rotimi Williams, Ladi, has reportedly died of COVID-19 complication. Chief Ladi passed away at about 3 am at St Nicholas isolation hospital from Covid-19 complications. despite being vaccinated. His death was confirmed by his younger brother, Chief Kayode Rotimi-Williams. “I just lost my elder brother, Chief Ladi Rotimi Williams (aged 74+) […]
Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is dead. Mailafia, 64, died on Sunday morning at the National Hospital, Abuja. He was certified dead by a medical doctor at the nation’s foremost public health facility, according to reports Mailafia hailed from Randa, in the Christian-dominated Southern Kaduna, and […]
Tony Okuyeme Renowned artist and one of Nigeria’s most celebrated cultural icons, Prof Yusuf Adebayo Grillo, is dead. He died in the early hours of today, Monday, at the Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos. A pioneering modernist artist, Grillo was the first president of the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA). He will be buried today […]
Olufemi Adediran, Abeokuta A former Military Administrator of Oyo State, General Tunji Olurin (rtd) is dead. Olurin, a close political ally of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, died at the age of 77. Olurin died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in the early hours of Saturday, Funso Olurin, the deceased’s brother […]
Mohammed Fawehinmi, the first son of the late human rights lawyer Chief Gani Fawehinmi, is dead. He was aged 50. He died on Wednesday after complaining of breathing difficulties. News of the death of the younger Fawehinmi was first reported by qed.ng. Mohammed had a law degree from the University of Buckingham, England and was […]